Bullying can make childhood incredibly difficult, and the effects don’t always disappear when someone leaves school. Globally, roughly one in three students aged 13 to 15 experiences bullying at school each month. Teachers, parents, and classmates can step in to help, but sometimes the person being bullied is left to deal with those memories on their own—and they can stick around for years.
In this story, one man carried the memory of something his school bully did to him for two decades. The bully had borrowed his beloved Batman toy, refused to give it back, and then made the boy’s life even harder. Years later, the two unexpectedly crossed paths again, but this time, their roles were very different. The former victim suddenly found himself in a position to turn the tables and what happened next was anything but ordinary. Keep reading to find out how this decades-old grudge resurfaced—and what happened next.
